A list of all the places she has left behind creating a sense of loss and identit.
“all childhood is emigration”
Metaphor- just as emigration is a journey between two places so too is the journey through childhood. with transitions beyond your control. key idea- constantly moving foward leaving parts of yourself behind; key ideas are childhood, change, loss, and growing up
“You forget, or don’t recall, or change”
Duffy is the second person to directly expose the often fragile nature of childhood memory. The speaker and this versus all the more reflect as she considers her own gradual transition. structure emphasises change being difficult to pinpoint. change and growing up.
